The 2008 Season Is Here!

Welcome back football fans. The 2008 season is upon us and is it ever going to be a crazy one. Section III has made some major changes....it's called re-alignment. My collegue Brian Sandler broke it down like this:
There are 79 football teams in Section III this year.
No changes in Class AA-- but after that, it's *all* changes.
Class A has dropped from 15 teams to 13...
Class B has dropped from 16 teams to 11...
Class C is now a behemoth: gone from 3 leagues with 19 teams to 4 leagues with *27*-- that's a third of the entire section!
Class D has gone from 3 leagues with 17 to two leagues with 16, Frankfort-Schuyler the only team in the section to move *up* this year.
Now keep in mind 8 teams go to the playoffs from each class regardless of how many there are...So in Class B, 8 of 11 will make sectionals, and in Class C, it's 8 out of 27.
There are two new coaches, Dave Allen takes over in Oriskany and Bryan Shepardson is the new coach in Little Falls.
Make sure you check out our Football Preview Show on September 3rd, that's Wednesday night at 7pm on NEWSChannel 2. After the show you can see clips of the show on www.wktv.com.
I want you hear from you, the local fan this season. Lets strike up some conversation.
We have some great games to open the season. RFA hosts Whitesboro on Friday evening at 7:30. Another great game is New Hartford hosting Camden at D'Alessandro Stadium. New Hartford will play their home games away from Don Edick field as they are putting in new turf. Coach Don Edick by the way will make his pick Friday night between Whitesboro and RFA, have to tune in for that during the Live at Five NEWSHOUR.
He also says watch out for Waterville this season. They host West Canada Valley under the lights on Friday.
We have a ton of great stuff on the web this year so check it out. Lets talk football and get ready for the 2008 Sports Express!